I Learned to Swim in My 30's!

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Science

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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I took adult swim lessons for the past 2 months and in this episode I'm sharing about why I decided to finally learn how to swim, what it was like, and how pursuing goals changes the longer we stay sober. What to listen to next: E227: My 200 lb Deadlift Work with me: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Sober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coaching Weekly email: You’ll hear from me on Fridays https://www.soberpowered.com/email Free resources https://www.soberpowered.com/free Courses: The non-negotiable mindset https://www.soberpowered.com/mindset-course Don’t try harder, try different https://www.soberpowered.com/willpower Support the show: If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support all the research and effort that goes into this podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors Sources are posted on my website Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I took adult swimming lessons for two months, and in this episode, I want to tell you why I
0:08.0	finally decided that it was time to learn how to swim, what the swimming lessons were like,
0:13.6	how I pushed through the discomfort, and a little takeaway for you, maybe. And before we dig in,
0:19.0	I'd like to say a quick thank you to my sponsors
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1:18.8	Terms and conditions apply. Welcome back to the Soberpowered podcast.
1:35.5	I'm your host Jill.
1:37.1	And today I want to talk to you about swimming lessons.
1:41.7	If you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you know that I set a goal
1:46.6	of doing a 200-pound deadlift, which I achieved a while ago, and I told the whole story in
1:54.0	episode 2.27. But after that, I felt like I didn't have purpose for a while. I just felt like I was kind of chilling and
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